"Where's Old Chen now, I wonder?" Wang Xuan mused to himself. 0

These past few days, Old Chen had been hiding in an underground cave. After a relentless chase, he had escaped into a subterranean cavern and leaped into a dark river, not knowing where it would take him. Eventually, he found a place to climb out, in total darkness.0

He didn't rush to leave, feeling safer in this seclusion. He'd been on the verge of entering the Life Soil realm while in the land of the dead, but he didn't want to be hasty.0

Especially after seeing Wang Xuan connect to a corner of the first spiritual world, he realized the importance of reaching that stage; otherwise, he'd soon be calling that young man 'brother.'0

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At this time of day, the sun would normally have set. But with the overcast sky and torrential rain, it was almost pitch black.0

Wang Xuan moved silently through the forest, his handsome face expressionless even as lightning streaked across the sky. He felt overwhelmed by the killing he had done that day.0

He had no choice. If he didn't kill, he would be killed; these people were all coming for him.0

In this hidden land, everything was brutally straightforward: the law of the jungle, kill or be killed, like being thrown into an ancient gladiatorial arena where the victor survives and the loser feeds the...0